Одеський національний університет імені І.І.Мечникова | |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1865 |
| Founder | Alexander II |
Administrative staff | 1800 |
| Students | 7,500 |
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| Campus | Urban, 70 hectares (170 acres) |
| Website | www.onu.edu.ua |
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| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2] | 166 (2022) |
TheOdesa I.I.Mechnykov National University (Ukrainian:Одеський національний університет Iмені І.І.Мечникова,romanized: Odeskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni I.I.Mechnykova),[1] often referred to asOdesa National University (abbr.ONU, Ukrainian:Одеський національний університет, ОНУ), located inOdesa,Ukraine, is one of that country's majorstate-sponsored universities, named after the scientistÉlie Metchnikoff (1845-1916), who studied immunology, microbiology, and evolutionary embryology, and won aNobel Prize in 1908. The university was founded in 1865 by an edict of EmperorAlexander II of Russia which reorganized theRichelieu Lyceum of Odessa into the newImperial Novorossiya University. In theSoviet era, the university was renamedOdesa I. I. Mechnykov State University (lit. "Odesa State University named after I. I. Mechnykov").
Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University comprises four institutes, ten faculties, and seven specialized councils. The university is famous for itsscientific library, the largest and oldest of any university in Ukraine (3,600,000 volumes, dating from the 15th century to the present day).
Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University is one of the oldest in Ukraine. It was founded in 1865, when by edict of the Russian TsarAlexander II the Richelieu Lyceum (Ukrainian:Рішельєвський ліцей, which had existed in Odesa since 1817) was reorganized into the Imperial Novorossiya (New Russia) University. All academic and scientific life of the university—from the day of its foundation—was directed by the statute of 1863 that formed the liberal-democratic tradition of the higher institution which has been preserved in spite of all the disturbances in the social and political life of the country.
The university was later renamed for Nobel Prize winner I. I. Mechnykov. The first Rector of the university was Professor I. Y. Sokolov. At different periods of time, the university was headed by Professors P. N. Lebedyev, A. I. Yurzhenko, A. V. Bogatskiy, V. V. Serdyuk, and I. P. Zelinskiy—all prominent specialists in different branches of knowledge.
In 2013,The Ukrainian Week stated that members of the university staff were openlyUkrainophobic.[3]
The university is situated in two parts of the city and occupies about 70 hectares. It is divided into a number of faculties that are directly administered by the university. The university consists of ten faculties, four institutes, one college, two "preparatory departments" for citizens of Ukraine and foreign countries, 15 scientific-research laboratories, five scientific institutes, administration departments, experimental training shops, and nine dormitories for students, post-graduates, and trainees. The university has a sports and health rehabilitation complex with its own stadium and rest-base for the students, personnel, and university guests in the village ofChernomorka. In all university locations there are cafeterias, cafes, bars, and medical sections.[4]
Odesa University has engaged in international cooperation at the regional and global levels for the past 150 years. The university is currently a member of theEuropean University Association, the World Association of Universities, the Supervisory Board of Magna Charta, the Eurasian Association of Universities, theBlack Sea Universities Network and the Danube Rectors Conference.[5]
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